Events in May 2018

La Fête de Jeanne d’Arc

oin The Party!2nd Annual Fete for Joan of ArcTuesday, May 30, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

On Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 5:00 p.m., NYC Parks officials, and members of the Riverside Park Conservancy together with the Joan of Arc Statue Committee, will welcome visitors and Upper West Side residents to a celebration of the beginning of the summer season at The Statue of Joan of Arc at Riverside Drive and West 93rd Street.

This free public, party atmosphere event, “La Fête de Jeanne d’Arc,” coincides with St. Joan’s Feast Day celebrated throughout the world. The event will feature live music performed by New York’s own Via Paris Jazz Band, and refreshments from the renowned Ladurée restaurant.

The Joan of Arc statue is New York City’s first statue of a woman and the first statue to be sculpted by a woman, Anna Hyatt Huntington.

Part of Riverside Park, Joan of Arc Park was dedicated nearly 100 years ago. It will be undergoing a major re-design and renovation shortly.